Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• US Could Cut Per Capita Greenhouse Emissions 90% by 2050, Says Report

  

  As the Paris climate summit approaches, a new study shows in detail that it is technologically and economically feasible for the United States to sharply... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• A Tragic Blow to Oregon’s Wolves

  

  “It was standing room only at the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission’s meeting in the taxidermy-adorned ODFW headquarters in Salem. The only topic on the agend... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• California Public School Textbooks Mislead Students on Climate, Study Says

  

  Books voice doubt over whether climate change is real and suggest global warming could be beneficial, researchers say in analysis of four science texts Textbook... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 1.5 Degrees C is the Global Warming Level Limit Required to Save Islands and...

  

  “We definitely think that staying below 2 degrees is still very possible,” Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Beavers Important Source of Dead Wood in Boreal Forests

  

  “Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, compared dead wood quantities and types in southern Finland. The shore forests of beaver sites had... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• What If 2 C Isn’t Enough to Cap Global Warming?

  

  “43 nations home to a billion people banded together this month in a bloc called the Climate Vulnerable Forum, which is pushing for a 1.5 C cap over... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• How Palm Oil Companies Have Made Indonesia’s Forest Fires Worse

  

  “Deforestation linked to palm oil has helped intensify massive forest fires in Indonesia and threatened endangered species – despite rules which should ensure... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• ALERT: November 17 Hearing at Capital on Eliminating Back Tags and Eliminating...

  

  Originally posted on Wisconsin Wildlife Ethic-Vote Our Wildlife:Citizens can find their Senate and Assembly members’ contact information in the upper... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Wildlife Services

  

  A little-known program called “Wildlife Services,” part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is secretive for a reason: It’s cutting a deadly path through... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Scientists Say Deforestation May Threaten a Staggering Half of Amazon Tree...

  

  “Tropical tree species could be in much bigger trouble than scientists had thought: A new study, which involved collaboration from dozens of researchers,... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• As Extinction Looms, Elephants DC Calls for Tighter International Controls To...

  

  WASHINGTON DC — “Elephants DC advocated for tighter legal controls to protect elephants on Saturday, Nov. 14 in America’s capitol city. At a two-day conference... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Permafrost: Hiding a Climate Time Bomb?

  

  “On the front line of climate change in the Canadian Arctic, scientists hunt for clues to a potentially catastrophic global warming trend: melting permafrost. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• GOP Still Blocking The Land & Water Conservation Fund

  

  “Back in February, I wrote about how Congress has chronically stolen funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Check out that article. It will make you... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• 4 Facts About Wildlife Trafficking in the United States

  

  “Wildlife trafficking is a global concern. Wild animals from all over the world are captured or killed, then brought into this barbaric trade, the shipments... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Forest Service Revs Up Push to Open Over 170 Million Tons of Coal to Mining...

  

  Proposed Loophole Could Cause Millions of Tons of Carbon Pollution, undermine Obama Administration Climate Goals, and Degrade Wildlife Habitat DENVER— National... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Arizona Water Experts Call for ‘culture of Conservation’

  

  Recommendations from the Arizona Town Hall include more use of reclaimed wastewater and stormwater runoff. From: azdailysun.com GR: It is interesting that... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Finland’s Nuclear Waste Burial Plan

  GarryRogers:As in all things we do, we humans have a very shortsighted view of the future. We have 5-year plans, we discuss what might happen by the end of the... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Our Ancient Woodlands Are Being Bulldozed | Patrick Barkham

  

  “An area forested since 1100 – as Smithy Wood in Sheffield has been – should not be turned into a motorway service station, surely. But there is little... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• A Successful Climate Change Conference Is The Best Response To ISIS Brutality...

  

  “Certain people have perhaps been thinking, after the immense shock of the attacks of November 13, that the only thing that matters from now on, as a response t... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Take Extinction Off Your Plate

  

  “Meat production is one of the main drivers of environmental degradation globally, and the crisis is rapidly growing worse. That’s why the Center for... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT